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Seánobriain
Member Username: Seánobriain
Post Number: 20 Registered: 12-2008
| Posted on Monday, April 27, 2009 - 03:54 pm: |
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I find myself often confused with the preposition "for/for the".. There seems to be so many ways to use it. Could someone explain it, in the following context so I can wrap my head around with the various options for it. From le haghaidh to do/don and so forth.. I know it seems basic/trivial.. but well.. here I am! :) "I went to the shop for milk." "For reasons unknown to me." "Did you buy that for me?" "I wrote an essay for the college." "I did it for fun." "Is there anything for sale?" "Stand for the national anthem." |
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Dahtet
Member Username: Dahtet
Post Number: 5 Registered: 11-2008
| Posted on Monday, April 27, 2009 - 06:25 pm: |
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Asarlaí
Member Username: Asarlaí
Post Number: 238 Registered: 01-2005
| Posted on Monday, April 27, 2009 - 07:37 pm: |
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It's always stumped me too. I think 'do' and 'le' or 'le haghaidh' are good for most. Sometimes a slight re-wording is better. For your sentences I'd say the following.. wait for the grammar folk.. I've throw the grammar books away because I'm only interested in conversational Irish language. Chuaigh mé chuig an siopa chun báinne a fháil Ar cuiseanna i ngan fhios dom (ar) Ar cheannaigh tú é sin domsa (do) Scríobh mé aiste don choláiste (do) Rinne mé é le haghaidh spraoi (le haghaidh píosa craic) An bhfuil rud ar bith ar díol (on sale) le díol (for sale) Seas suas ar son an amhráIn náisiúnta (ar son, for sake of) (Message edited by asarlaí on April 27, 2009) |
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Lughaidh
Member Username: Lughaidh
Post Number: 2834 Registered: 01-2005
| Posted on Monday, April 27, 2009 - 07:46 pm: |
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>Ar cuiseanna i ngan fhios dom (ar) I think it'd rather be: Ar chúiseanna nach bhfuil a fhios agam. Ar ábhair nach bhfuil a fhios agam. To me, "i ngan fhios domh" rather means "without my knowing it". Learn Irish pronunciation here: http://loig.cheveau.ifrance.com/irish/irishsounds/irishsounds.html & http://fsii.gaeilge.org/
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Domhnaillín_breac_na_dtruslóg
Member Username: Domhnaillín_breac_na_dtruslóg
Post Number: 521 Registered: 04-2008
| Posted on Monday, April 27, 2009 - 11:33 pm: |
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Seánobriain
Member Username: Seánobriain
Post Number: 21 Registered: 12-2008
| Posted on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 04:45 am: |
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Ceart go leor, go raibh maith agaibh. :) |
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